Nikki, we've got one of your Irish weather bouys from somewhere near the Fastnet washed up ashore in north Devon, apparently broke its moorings some 10-12 days ago. Its collision warning light is still flashing, although I believe it has stopped reporting the weather. Looks to be 15+ feet tall.

Bill, there were a couple of times when the water nearly came over the top of my boots. When I arrived at 09:00 at the carpark on the top, about 400' above sea level I could hardly stand up due to the wind, by 11:00 it had dropped to a fresh breeze.

Terrific series Barrie. I especially like the first one despite it being the least stormy of the lot.

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Thanks Amin, that shows just how difficult is is to choose one's SIJ, people seem to vary in the choice of their favourite. BTW I was holding on to the tripod firmly, it was threatening to blow over, but the wind was parallel to the coast or even slightly offshore, anyway it felt pretty stormy at that spot, looks can be deceiving :smile:

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